Game.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GLENN W. BUGBE or? sYnAoUsE, NnwyoRK, Assionon To M rror? BR DLnYoOi/i-PANY, or SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

GAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1911.

Application filed June 6, 1910. Serial No. 565,171.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GLENN W. BUGBEE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State ofNew York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Games, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in game devices in which arotatable memf ber is normally placed in a locked position or wound upposition, and is provided with devices so that the same may be unlockedor released and permitted to automatically rotate in a step-by-stepmanner.

The device is designed to be used as a target, the target portion propercomprising the rotatable member mounted in a casing back of an openingin one side thereof, whereby when a thrown object or missile passesthrough the opening and Strikes the rotatable member, it will bereleased and permitted to rotate in a step-by-step manner.

In the drawings forming part of this application,-Figure 1 is a frontelevation showing the Opening in the casing, and the rotatable memberback of this opening on which is placed any suitable figure. Fig. 2 is avertical, sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 showing the manner inwhich the rotatable element is mounted, also illustrating the stopdevices and the coiled spring by means of which the rotatable element ismoved when released. Fig. 3 is a sectional, detailed portioncorresponding to Fig. 2 but with the rotatable member in the releasedposit-ion. Fig. i is a sectional plan view on the line 4E4, Fig. 2,showing one of the radial arms carried by the rotatable member and anengagement with the stop or bracket on the casing; also the stop forcausing the radial arms and bracket to look again after the rotatablemember has been released.

Referring to the drawings in detail, a; and b designate the front andback members of the casing which are secured to each other by means ofthe block 0. The front member a is provided with an opening d, andlocated in the rear of this opening is arotatable disk member 6 which issupported by means of the winding-shaft f and plates f -for connectingthe shaft and disk member. The shaft is operated by means of the key 9on the outer side of the front member a. Se-

opening.

cured to the inner end of the winding-shaft f and to the pin it is aspiral spring 2', whereby, by means of the key g, the spring may bewound up and the rotatable member 6 will be driven in the oppositedirection when the spring uncoils. In order to hold the spring in awound condition, the rotatable member 6 is provided with radially projecting arms 7' which engage the brackets 70, as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and4, when the spring is in a wound condition. Located adjacent the bracket7:; is a stop m for preventing the arms j, or the rotatable member 6,from tipping at too great an angle when the member 6 is struck by meansof a projectile passing through the opening cl after the same has beenthrown by the operator. When the rotatable member is in this position,as shown in Fig. 3, the arm j is disengaged from the bracket 70permitting the rotatable member 6 to be driven by the spring 2' so thatthe next arm will come up against the bracket is and bring into viewanother figure which is borne by the rotatable member in front of theopening (Z, the figure shown in this instance being the face of a clownin caricature, although any other design may be borne by the rotatablemember.

The curved surface 70 of the stop at causes the arm 7' to be deflectedagainst the stop 70 after rotating through an are from one stop to theother. The dotted line circles 0 in Fig. 1 represent in outline otherdesigns.

In operation, the rotatable member 6 is placed under tension by rotatingthe key 9 and the game is played by throwing a projectile through theopening 0?, as described, which unlocks the rotatable member from thebracketv is, allowing the spring to unwind in the Opposite direction andsuccessively bring into view the various figures that are borne by therotatable member, the locked position of the rotatable member showingthe figure in registration with the The member 6 will continue to rotatein a step-by-step manner from one stop to the other as Often as the sameis disengaged by means Of a projectile striking the same.

What I claim, is

1. In a game apparatus, a casing, a disk member rotatably mountedtherein, a radial arm mounted thereon, a bracket on the casing engagedbvthe arm for preventing the rotation of the disk member, a springlocated between the disk member and the easing for placing said memberin a wound-up condition, and a stop provided with a curved surfaceadapted to be engaged by the arm for causing the disk member to unwindin a step-by-step manner, substantially as dethrough the casing forsupporting the disk member, a coiled spring secured to the shaft andeasing, the front member of thecasing having a bracket extending inwardfrom the inner face of the front memberandwith vwhich a projecting armon the disk member engages to retain said member in locked position, thearm and-bracket construct-ion being made to permit the disk to tipinward when struck, and a stop m to cause the arm to engage the bracketafter the disk member has been released, as described.

GLENN W. BUGBEE. Witnesses:

ROBERT P. BROWN, PETER J. BRANG.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

' Washington, D. C.

